United States v. Featherson’s Empirical Analysis
949 F.2d 770 · 1991
Citation profile
22 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 846 (§ 406 of the Controlled Substances Act)
Relies on Missouri v. Continential Insurance Cos. · Swansboro Country, Inc. v. Lumberman's Mortgage Co. · Kashif v. United States · Cincinnati Milacron Chemicals, Inc. v. Blankenship · DiCarlantonio v. United States
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the government, we conclude that the guns, ammunition and drugs found in Foy's bedroom could lead a rational trier of fact to find that Foy kept the weapons available to protect his drug trafficking operation. V. Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim 59 In the instant direct appeal, Foy contends that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. United States v. Foy“The standard of review for jury instructions is usually whether the court's charge, as a whole, is a correct statement of the law and plainly instructs the jurors as to the principles of law applicable to the fact issues confronting them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“the defendant must show that he 'received an unfair trial and suffered compelling prejudice against which the trial court was unable to afford protection.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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